Omaha has been appeased! I wonder if Ballard is done yet?

Backup LG is Good, Haeg or Schewenke whoever loses the starting RG battle just like at RG.

Ridgeway is not a 5-tech; he does not have the height. The D-line depth should be:
NT = Hankins, Woods, Parry
DT (3-tech) = Anderson. Ridgeway, McGill
DE (5-tech) = Langford, Hunt, Sokoli

Althought Anderson has the size to play either DT or DE and Parry has the quickness to play eithet NT or DT.

Swoope is TE2 from dicussions. A rookie will start at TE3.

Same with RB. Turbin is RB2 with a rookie starting at RB3...even if it is Mixon.

Still some glaring holes at CB.

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According to the New York Post's Brian Costello, a fourth-round pick is "about as much" the Jets can hope for in exchange for DE Sheldon Richardson.

We have three 4th rounders. DO IT BALLARD! PULL THE TRIGGER!

The issue is not the 4th rounder.

The issue is the $8.069m cap hit for the 5th year option for 2017 and then the need to re-sign him to a vet contract in 2018.

However, a D-line of:

NT = Hankins, Woods, Parry
DT(3-tech) = Richardson, Ridgeway, McGill
DE(5-tech) = Langford, Anderson, Hunt

looks pretty dang good.

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Would dedicating $8.069 in cap space hamstring us for making moves this season?

Probably not, but why throw away a 4th rounder unless you are sure you want to pay him a huge contract next season?

Furthermore, why not draft someone in the 4th and just sign Richardson next year if you really want him? It's not like he would put this team over the top in 2017.

That is certainly an option, but to be fair if you trade for him you have the franchise tag option and weapon in negotiations for the next contract. I am not convinced that would be the way to go by any means, but it is there.

You also get a years' worth of evaluation time if you trade for him in a walk year.

That, plus, if they manage to kill the opening 2 rounds of the draft (like, if they get Reuben Foster and Tim Williams in the first 2 rounds, which is NOT out of the realm of possibility) and they were plug/play as they're expected to be and had Sheldon Richardson, this team is easily better than the 2014 team that went to the AFCCG.

Just sayin.